Cylinder-filling machine



A. F. WESTLUND. I

CYLINDER FILLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION fILED 'AUG.30| I9I9- RENEWED DEC. 14,1920- 1,366,615, vPatented Jan. 25, 1921.

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l Z5 A I II. II Ll" I h 4 nvento'r I Z m/ladlwndi By Attorneyj A. F.wssuuwn. CYLINDER FILLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.30, 1919. RENEWED DEC- 14, 1920.

1,366,615. Patented Jan. 25,1921. 24SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Ihventoi" UNITED. STATES:

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Specification of Letters Patent.

PATENT OFFICE.

,ALIBERT FRANK wEs'rLunn, or INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR 'rosneer-o- A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

CYLINDER-FILLING MACHINE.

Patented Jan. 25, 1921.

Application filed August 30, 1919, Serial No. 320,851. Renewed December14, 1920. Serial No. 430,746.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT FRANK Wnsr- LUND, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State ofIndiana, have invgnted certain new and useful Improvements in Cylinder-Filling Machines, of which the following is\ a full, clear, and exactdescription.

At the present time the storage of compressed, dissolved, acetylene, forits various industrial uses, is effected in steel or other suitablemetal containers filled with a porous substance, into which a properquan tity of a suitable solvent for acetylene, such as acetone, isadded, which solvent readily takes up the proper proportion of gascharged into the cylinder under pressure.

Practical considerations, in some cases, demand that the steel or othermetal container, have only a small orifice, at the time the poroussubstance is stance must be added, which porous substance, at the timeoff filling into the cylina wet mixture of small pieces of charcoal andkieselguhr, together with cement or such other materials as are nowknown or used for the purpose.

The problem of filling the containers with this or an equivalentsubstance is by no means a simple one nor easy of accomplishment, but Ihave devised an apparatus for the purpose which fully meets all of theexacting demands of such an operation.

This apparatus generally stated comprises a hopper with a contractedoutlet overlying the orifice of a container, and provided with areciprocatory plunger, and a plurality of rotating and reciprocatingtam-pers which force the substance down under the plunger enabling theoperation of the latter to force it down through'the orifice into thecontainer.

Suitably constructed means may be employed for' automatically. effectingthe necessary operations of the plunger and the tampers, andmeansmayalso be employed for jarring'the container so as to cause'the I filledinto the cylinder, through which orifice the porous subinjectedsubstance to properly settle and completely fill its interior;

This apparatus is the subject of my prescomplete apparatus.

Fig. 2 1s a similar view of the same but from another side.

Fig. ,3 is an enlarged detail of the filling mechanism, the hopper beingshown in section, and

Fig. 4 is a similar view of the same parts, but in a'difierent operativeposition.

Similar reference numerals indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

Except in so far as may be particularly pointed out herein, the specificconstruction of the parts or elements comprised in my apparatus arenot-of the essence of my invention. With this understanding it may be Idescribed as comprising a suitablesupporting frame 1, having ahorizontal support 2 for a funnel shaped hopper The frame has,preferably, a movable bottom 4, for the container 5, they orifice 6 ofwhich is immediately under outlet 7 of the hopper 3'.

In the upper part of the frame 1 is mounted a drive shaft 8 having apulley 9, a crank 10, and a {crank reciprocates the end of thecontractedbeveled pinion 11. The

a. plunger. 12 through the cylindrical and contractedoutlet To a sleeve13-rotatably mounted-Eon the plunger 12 is fixed a horizontal arm 14:,to

the opposite ends of which are pivoted top membrsof double levers 15,lower members of which constitute tampers working in the lower part ofthe hopper and having a reciprocating motion imparted *to them by theirconnection with the plunger. Theupper members 15 are pivoted at 16 toarms .17 secured to a large gear wheel 18 engaged and rotated by apinion 19 in the I gear with the shaft 8, and hence have a of that ofthe movement the exact converse plunger. As the latter rises, thereforethe tampers force the material down to the bottom of the hopfper when itwill be met by the plunger and orced out of the hopper and into thecontainer.

The arms 17 are extended down below the pivotal points 16 and havebifurcated ends 15, and by which engage the lowerm hers 15, the

means of thesearms a constant rotary mo tion is imparted to the tampers.

T0 the lower part of theirame on eachside are secured rackets 19uaffordin bearings for-a shaft 20 having rigid era arms .21. One. ofthese arms isconnected by}; link 22 with the short,

arm of a crank'pivoted at 23, the other arm of which is a -han- -dle orlever 24. By the operationof this lever the shaft 20 is oscillated andby this means a jolting or jarrin movement is imparted to the bottom.4

dit is jolted or jarred vby the means mass.

Theabove described elements comprise themain and essential parts of myimproved apparatus,- andno more detailed description v of theiroperation or-mode of use, is re- 25 "in no essential respect from thoseheretofore practised in the art.' Manifestly', the filling machine maybe applied to various purposes quired, as these willbe readilyunderstood by thoseskilledinthis art. The same is true of the subsequent"treatmentor pre aration of the filled. containers, as these di erbesides the one specifically mentioned.

" WhatI- claim as my invention is: v

1. In ,a device of thekind herein de-v scribed, the combination with asuitable o tating an y means of con-' necting links 25,:and as thecontainer is be-" ing fil 'e I described, whereby its contents aresettled in .amore compact and-evenly distributed-- substance, a stanceout through an outlet, means for. reciprocating I the plun r, ta'm'persconnected'wit v a I v I 4. v supporting frame of a hopper for contain--ing the filling sulistance, andhavinga contracted outlet'at the bottom,a reciprocatin plun er therein for forcing o h the outlet and aplurality of roreclprocating tampers adapted to force the 4 under theplun r.

'2. In a device of under the. same, and means for reciprocating' thePhil r and tampe'rs and rotating. 7

y v 50. 3. In a' device of, the kind herein dethe latter at t e sametime.

material toward. the outlet and out- the.v substance.

scribe d,' the combination with a suitable' frame of a hopper forcontaining the filling plunger i 01" forcing said sub- .a" plurality ofm dapt d to I reciprocated by the plunger; and gearing-f between thereciprocat g means and said 7 tampers whereby the latter arecontinuously a rotated while reciprocating;

In testimony whereof I have mama fixed my s ature.

ALB RT FRKNKWES'TLUND. I v

